U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (R) and Sasha walk to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, August 23, 2009. The first family are flying to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for a week-long vacation. Woman second from right is unidentified.
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks with his daughter Sasha to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, August 23, 2009. The first family are flying to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for a week-long vacation.
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U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (L) and Sasha (2nd R) arrive at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Massachusetts, August 23, 2009. The first family are flew to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for a week-long vacation.
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MASHPEE, MA – AUGUST 23: President Barack Obama (R front), his oldest daughter Malia Obama (L front), 11, his wife Michelle Obama (R rear) and daughter Sasha Obama, 8, disembark Air Force One after the first family landed at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station on Cape Cod August 23, 2009 in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The Obama family then boarded a U.S. Marine helicopter for their week-long vacation on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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MASHPEE, MA – AUGUST 23: President Barack Obama (L), his oldest daughter Malia Obama (2L), 11, his wife Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha Obama, 8, leave Air Force One after the first family landed at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station on Cape Cod August 23, 2009 in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The Obama family then boarded a U.S. Marine helicopter for their week-long vacation on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrive for dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard August 25, 2009.
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Eric Whitaker (L), close personal friend of U.S. President Barack Obama, arrives with Obama’s advisor Valerie Jarrett for a dinner with the Obamas at the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard August 25, 2009.
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Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, holds a drink as her family wait to collect takeout lunch at Nancy’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, August 26, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha sit at Nancy’s Restaurant as they wait to collect a take out order of lunch in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, August 26, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama sits with his daughters Malia (L) and Sasha as they wait to collect an order of takeout food at Nancy’s Restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, August 26, 2009.
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Malia Obama, the eldest daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, takes a drink as they wait to collect take out lunch at Nancy’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, August 26, 2009.
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Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, smiles as she looks at her sister Malia as they wait to collect takeout lunch at Nancys restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, August 26, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama rides a bike as he watches his daughter Sasha (C) prepare to ride hers in Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, August 27, 2009.
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Maliah Obama, daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, tours the Gay Head lighthouse with her family (not pictured) in Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, August 27, 2009. The lighthouse first began operating in 1799.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L), his brother-in-law Konrad Ng and First Lady Michelle Obama wave from the balcony of Gay Head lighthouse during a tour there in Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, August 27, 2009. The lighthouse first began operating in 1799.
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US President Barack Obama (R) crosses a street following a private meeting with the widow of late senator Edward Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy, in Boston, Massachusetts on August 29, 2009. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are to attend the Edward Kennedy’s funeral later in the day.
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US President Barack Obama (L) arrives at the funeral of US Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston on August 29, 2009. Kennedy died on August 25 after a battle with brain cancer.
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BOSTON – AUGUST 29: Former President Bill Clinton (L) talks with President Barack Obama (R) as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L-Rear) talks with former President George W. Bush (C-Rear) as former First Lady Barbara Bush (R) looks on during funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, youngest sibling to brothers President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer August 25.
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BOSTON – AUGUST 29: (L-R) Former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former President Jimmy Carter wait for the services to begin at the funeral of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, youngest sibling to brothers President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer August 25.
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US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia disembark the Air Force One at the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland upon their return Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 30, 2009.
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WASHINGTON – AUGUST 30: President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (R) walk with their daughters Malia (2L) and Sasha (2R) from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House August 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and the first family returned to Washington after spending a week vacation in Massachusetts’s Martha’s Vineyard.
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WASHINGTON – AUGUST 30: President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (R) walk with their daughters Sasha (2L) and Malia (2R) from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House August 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and the first family returned to Washington after spending a week vacation in Massachusetts’s Martha’s Vineyard.
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